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Institute of Education Sciences (IES) Home Page, a part of the U.S. Department of Education on 2009-07-27
Can this Video get Teachers Started? | Future of Education on 2009-07-27
Dangerously Irrelevant: 15 questions to ask about the technology leadership in your school district on 2009-07-14
Technology and World Languages on 2009-04-23
NASSP - Connecting Students With the Right Summer Books to Raise Achievement on 2009-04-16
NASSP - Summer Reading: A Different Approach on 2009-04-16
Education Week: Proposed Title I Changes Ease Tutoring Rules on 2009-04-16
- Mr. Duncan said he didn’t think it made sense to impose that burden on states
  when they are scrambling to disburse federal stimulus funding, especially
  because a reauthorization of the NCLB law later this year would likely require
  them to update the workbooks again.
  - Bill Connolly on 2009-04-16
    
    I am pleasantly surprised by the common sensical nature of this. Wow.
- The third provision Secretary Duncan wants to change is a 2002 regulation
  that prohibits states from approving school districts as providers of tutoring,
  or “supplemental educational services,” under NCLB if they have been deemed “in
  need of improvement” because they failed repeatedly to meet their states’
  academic-improvement targets. He proposed lifting that ban, which would allow
  states to approve providers, whether they are private tutoring entities,
  nonprofit groups, or school districts, regardless of their NCLB status.
  
  Under Mr. Duncan’s leadership as chief executive officer, the Chicago
  district fought hard and successfully in 2005 to be allowed to use some of its
  federal Title I money to serve as a tutor under NCLB, something it had been
  barred from doing since it had been deemed in need of improvement under the
  federal law. The Education Department later granted that same right to a handful
  of other districts as part of a pilot program. ("Department
  Expands NCLB Tutoring Pilot Programs," Aug. 9, 2006.)
  - Bill Connolly on 2009-04-16
    
    So I'm assuming this means that we can provide SES ourselves, using Title I funds and we no longer have to jump through hoops with the outside providers. Can we meet to see if we can advertise positions for those interested in starting an innovative, hands-on approach to helping these students?
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- - “a clear signal to educators that there is somebody in the department who
    understands how schools operate.”
    Bill Connolly on 2009-04-16
    
    This just echoes my first comment. This guy seems to "get it."
bookmark online pdf files? | Diigo on 2009-04-15
Custom Book Publishing and Online Education - Pearson Custom on 2009-03-23
Self-Regulated Strategy Development in the Classroom: Part of a Balanced Approach to Writing Instruction for Students With Disabilities | Focus on Exceptional Children | Find Articles at BNET on 2009-03-08
- Constructivists reject teaching discrete skills in a linear sequence, and the
  belief that mastery of basic skills is a necessary prerequisite to more advanced
  learning and higher order thinking.